Have a frightfully sweet Halloween.

Hallo allemaal,

Ik kom wat langzaam op gang na mijn vakantie in de knutselcategorie. Deze week sta ik een week met Scrap & Co in Leipzig op een hobbybeurs en zal er weer een week niet geknutseld worden. Niet heel handig aangezien ik nog wel wat projecten heb te gaan voor mijn Design teams. Dat mocht echter de pret niet drukken want mijn CAS kaart die ik maakte voor de Superstar Challenge is uitgekozen als winnaar in die categorie! Super blij mee! Had je hem nog niet gezien kun je hem hier vinden.

Terug naar de kaart van vandaag. Om maar bij de My Favorite Things categorie te blijven ging ik gisteren aan de slag met de schets challenge. Ik vond het een hele uitdaging omdat het schuine gedeelte erg aanwezig was. Na veel denken en wat proberen is dit de uitkomst.

Met Distress inkt maakte ik de paarse achtergrond en heat emboste hier de tekst op. Aan de onderzijde een stuk zwart cardstock met een strookje designpapier. 

Stempelde de dieren en kleurde ze in met mijn Copic markers. Stanste ze uit en plakte ze op een cirkel van vellum. Om de schets te volgen plakte ik wat enamel dots op de kaart.

Fijne dag allemaal!

Groet, Marieke

Met de kaart doe ik graag mee met de volgende challenge's:

My Favorite Things - Sketch Challenge

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Stempel: Frightfully Sweet

Stansen: Frightfully Sweet, Stitched Circle stax

Inkt: Black Soot, Wilted Violet, Shaded Lilac Distress ink, Memento Tuxedo Black, Tsukineko Versamark

Papier: Black & white striped paperpack, Black Licorice, Vellum

Extra: Black acrylic paint marker, Rainbow Dots (Kraftin' Kimmie)

Kraftin' Kimmie Saturday Challenge - Use one or more stencils

Hallo allemaal / Hello everybody!

Today it's Saturday wich means a new challenge started over at Kraftin Kimmie Stamps Blog, today the theme is make a project using one or more stencils. You can go every route with this theme so get your stamps, ink and stencils out and play along.

We always enjoy your creations so be sure to submit them so you can have a chance to WIN a $40 gift card to the Shop!! Show us your stuff!! In keeping in line with the rest of our challenges (our Krafty Scrappy Challenge), we will be drawing one winner per month from all Saturday Challenge entries to win a $40 gift card!! You can enter as many times per month as you'd like!!

For my card i started by making of the bottom part of the card and ink the top side with Yummy Yellow and Pumpkin Patch. I used my blending tools lightly so it would not be to bright. With Pumpkin Patch and the Sweater Weather stencil i made the background.

Out of kraft cardstock i die cut the letters and splattered some white paint on top of it. Heat embost the sentiment and die cut it using a banner die. Stamped the three images using Wicked Black.

Colored in the images and fussy cut them out. Adhered everything on to the card and finished the card of using some clear droplets.

Have a lovely day!

Greets, Marieke

With the card i would like to enter: 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Christmas Kickstart - It's a gift

As you like it challenge - CAS or FAF - CAS, funny that this is my choice now, two years ago that would be FAF. I choose it because i like to design everything myself and i like the "white" space on cards.

Stamps: Elf-tacular, Shake it up

Dies: Impact alphabet Die-Namics

Ink: Yummy Yellow, Pumkin Patch, Wicked Black, Tsukineko Versamark

Extra: Molotow white acrylic paint marker, Studio Katia clear droplets, Sweater Weather stencil

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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June Krafty Skrappin' (anything but a kard!) Challenge.

Hallo allemaal / Hello everybody,

Today starts a new anything but a card challenge over at Kraftin Kimmie Stamps blog. You can enter this challenge with anything as long as it is not a card!

AS ALWAYS THE THEME IS: ANYTHING GOES!!!

Again this month i made a series of Artist Trading Cards. With designpapers i die cut the bows and the backgrounds and gave them a smudge with Distress ink. Stamped the sentiment on some white cardstock and die cut them also. Glued everything together and finished of with some golden sequins.

Have a lovely day!

Greets, Marieke

Stamps: Holiday wishes, 

Dies: Marianne Design Pocket letter die PL6501, Stitched beautiful Bows Die-Namics, Aurelie Oval stax

Ink: Ruby Red, Enchanting Emerald, Walnut Stain Distress ink

Paper: Maja Design Christmas season (all wrapped up)

Extra: Golden sequins

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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My Favorite Things Superstar Contest 2019 - CAS

Hello all,

So my brain was making over hours the last couple of days, i entered the contest with this card in the Innovation master category. I really wanted to enter all three categories but just did not had the time for it. So here i sad these days in between my sleep and work coloring on this cutie.

I really wanted to challenge myself en decided to go for my Zig markers instead of my Copic Markers. I medium i only used three or four times but i knew that the card i had in mind would look better in watercolors then with alcohol markers. I'm totally happy with my result!

So for my card i stamped the leaves, flowers and the fox on watercolor paper using Cement Grey hybrid ink. Colored in the images using my zig brush markers and my waterbrush. Die cut all the parts using the matching Die-Namics.

To make the wreath i used the (retired) Single stitched circle line Die-Namics as a base and arranged the leaves and flowers on the circle until it was a full wreath. Stamped the sentiment and die cut it with a banner die. 

After the fox was colored with my brush markers i added some pencil to give the fox some extra detail.

Thanks for hopping by!

Greets, Marieke

With the card i would like to enter:
My Favorite Things - Superstar Contest
Papercraft Challenge - No Designpaper

Stamps: Friendly Foxes, Tweet Friends, Hello, Little one

Dies: Friendly Foxes, Tweet Friends, Single stitched circle line, Blueprint 33 Die-Namics

Ink: Cement Grey, Versafine Vintage Sepia, Zig real brush markers

Extra: Smooth White cardstock, watercolor paper.

My Favorite Things Superstar Contest 2019

Hallo all,

Well it is that time of the year again the yearly My Favorite Things Superstar Contest has started and the last two years i competed in the contest and even won one year! So i could not stay behind and try not to make a card this year (or even there is more cards in there who knows!). So here is my entry for the Innovation Master category...

It turned out into a shaker / slider card. My first idea was to connect the slider on the shaker element so if you would pull the slider the shaker parts would fall down. I did not get that to work so ended up making a shaker with a slider element behind it.

First off i made the background panels using Distress inks, water and white acrylic paint marker. I blended them together and splattered water, ink and paint onto it. Cut the three pieces using the rectangle dies and the rectangle frames. Put these aside and cut a double folded white topfold card. 

Die cut a white rectangle piece of cardstock and measured 1,5 cm of all sides. On the corners i partly die cut the double loop slider slots. Made two strips of plastic and attached this to the panel. I was now able to adhere the panels onto the moving mechanisme and test is out. Once it worked i glued it on the base card, but before i did that i heat embost the sentiments on top of the panels.I finished this part by adding a pull tab.

Now it's time to work on the shaker part. I glued the main panel on the base card and filled the shakerpouch with shaker material and glued it on the base panel. Then finished it of with the die cut strip. 

When all the mechanismes worked it was time to start building on the scene. I die cut several shaped dies and measured them at the right seize. Glued the mountain, snow and clouds on the side panels. Colored all the images and die cut them with the matching dies part by part. 

At last i did the middle part i stamped the sentiment and added the snow and cloud. under all the yeti's i added some Copic coloring to ground them. On the mountains i added some white geso.

Have a wonderful evening!

Greets, Marieke

With this card i would like to enter:
My Favorite Things - Superstar Contest
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Interactive

Stamps: Beast Friends, Ready Set Snow, Interactive Labels.

Dies: Beast Friends, Ready Set Snow, A2 Rectangle Stax, Stitched Clouds, Surf & Turf, Mountain High, Double Slider Loop Slots, A2 Rectangle Frames

Paper: Smooth White and Cement Grey, Watercolor paper, Copic paper

Ink: Mermaid Lagoon and Antique Linen Distress ink, Copic Markers, Memento Tuxedo black and Versafine onix black

Extra: Shaker material, A2 shaker rectangle Shaker Pouch, Glossy Accent, White acrylic paint marker, white geso.

September release and krafty hop!

Hello everyone!

And the day has come that the September Release by Kraftin' Kimmie stamps is available! Go quickly to the shop and make sure to buy all our new goodies!

For my hop card i decided to use the fun fall set by artist Cheryl Grant again, this time i used the other image and made a boot card! So first off i cut the shape out of white cardstock, the bottem and top i cut out of kraft paper.

For the middle and the top designpaper i used a Echo park paper from last year. 

To complete my scene i die cut some grass and for the bottom i used the boot stencil again so i would know how low it had to go. Stamped the image and colored it up using my Copic Markers. Fussy cut the image and glued it together. To break the grass a bit i used some small leaves.

On the top of the card i used some larger leaves combined with some twine and acorns. I stamped the sentiment and die cut it. Adhered it to the boot and my card was finished.

Thanks for hopping by!

Greets, Marieke

Stamps: Leaves are falling

Dies: Marianne Design grass CR1335, Leaf Doily LR0430, leaves stamp anything, Blueprint 27 Die-namics.

Ink: Wicked Black

Extra: Twine, Dutch Doobadoo rainboot (470.713.619)

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Krafty Peeks day 4 : You're a squeak-heart + a challenge

Hello all,

Welcome to day four of the September Krafty peeks by Kraftin' Kimmie stamps. It's the last day because of tonight all the goodies will be available in store. Today we have a really versatile set by our own Krafty Girl Sabrina!

It's a really fun and versatile small set that you can use for any occasion! It has 4 different mouse images, four extra images and three matching sentiments!

For my card i first stamped all the images in the set and colored them using my Copic Markers. I then fussy cut all the images and measured how big my card needed to be. It's a 20,5 x 8 cm topfold card.

For the base i used a pink and kraft color ink and blended this on a piece of paper. Splattered some white paint and pink ink on the pink part of the card and glued it on the base card. Added the images using 3-d tape.

Die  cut hello four times and glued them together. Stamped the sentiment on some white paper and die cut it adjusting the length of the sentiment.

Don't forget it's Saturday that means a new challenge starts and remember is it's always anything goes on release day!

Have a lovely day!

Greets, Marieke

With the card i would like to enter:

Penny Black and more - Animals

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Stamping

Stamps: You're a squeak-heart

Dies: Simply hello & i love you Die-Namics.

Ink: Pretty in the Pink, Wicked Black, Marvellous Mocha, Kraft hybride ink MFT

Extra: White acrylic paint marker

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Krafty Peeks day 3: Elf-tacular!

Hello all,

Welcome back to Day THREE of our September Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! Today we are showcasing a set by artist Neda Sedradin called Elf-tacular!

It's a great set with three cute focal images and some small add on stamps. Next to that there are also four sentiments in the set, so it's a great value for your money.

For my card i started with making the background i used three different red colors Distress inks and mixed them together. Then i used the new stencil with Picket Fence Distress ink and blended in the cirkels.

Die cut the sentiment in white, green and Copic paper and colored in the letters like i did on the images. Glued it on the base and heat embost the sentiment.

Stamped all the images and colored them in using my Copic markers, i fussy cut them using my scissors. Before i glued the images on the card i used some glossy accent on the nose of the reindeer and on the hats i used some Liquid applicator.

Have a lovely day!

With the card i would like to enter:
Penny Black and more - Animals
ABC Christmas Challenge - T = for texture
Winter Wonderland - Use your favorite embellishment, for Christmas cards that is the liquid applicator love the texture on the hats!
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Stamping
As you like it - Santa or no Santa - Because you have way more options to go to ;), and i love making different cards (so Santa might be peeking in one or two)!

Stamps: Elf-tacular

Dies: Happy Christmas Die-Namics

Ink: Tsukineko Versamark, Wicked Black, Fired Brick, Candied Apple, Abandoned Coral, Picket Fence Distress ink.

Extra: So Many Cirkels stencil, Liquid Applicator, Glossy Accent, Ultra fine white embossing powder.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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Krafty Peeks day 2: Christmas Seals + Holiday wishes

Hello all,

Welcome back to Day TWo of our September Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! Today we are sharing not one but two beautiful new stamp set. Both are a great addition to you stamping stash as you can use both sets to basically all your Christmas cards.

For the card i used the Holiday Wishes stamp set combined with our new ink and dots.

 I blended te new ink on my cardstock and splatered i also after i mixed it with water. I then mixed water with gold nuvo mouse and splattered that together with some white acrylic paint. 

Stamped the sentiment from the new Holiday wishes stamp and die cut the panel. After that i adhered it on a topfold card.

Beside the holiday wishes stamp set some of my teamies are also showcasing the other set called Christmas Seals

To finish my cardmaking i die cut the snowflakes out of white and gold paper and mixed and matched them. I finished the snowflakes of using a enamel dot.

Have a lovely day!

Greets, Marieke

With the card i would like to enter:
ABC Christmas Challenge - S = is for Sparkle
Sparkles Christmas - Winter Wishes
Simon Says Monday Challenge - S = for stamps
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Bling it on

Stamps: Holiday Wishes

Dies: Blueprint 31, Layered snowflake Die-Namics.

Ink: Wicked Black, Berry Bliss

Extra: Gold nuvo mouse, Holiday dots, white acrylic paint marker.

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Krafty Peeks day 1: Leaves are falling

Hell all,

Welcome to day one of the September release peeks by Kraftin' Kimmie stamps. Today we are sharing a awesome fall stamp set from artist Cheryl Grant! It's called Leaves are falling!

 It's a two image set combined with six sentiments to compliment the images. 

For my card i first made the background using Tumbled glass distress oxide ink and the krafty stencil. I die cut all the elements and made the scene like it is on the card. Stamped the image and colored it up using my Copic Markers and then i fussy cut everything.

Glued the images on the card and stamped the sentiment on top of it. The card is a top fold card and i used SSS papers to compliment the scene.

Have a lovely day!

Greets, Marieke

With the card i would like to enter:
Dies R Us - Nature
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Stamping

Stamps: Leaves are falling, Happy fall, Y'all

Dies: Birch trees, Birch Trees (straight) Die-namics, Marianne Design fence COL 1423, grass CR1335, garden soil CR139.

Ink: Mowed Lawn, Walnut Stain, Weathered Wood distress ink, Tumbled Glass distress oxid, Wicked Black

Extra: Krafty Scenery stencil

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